Beans: Kenya
Roaster: Akaimi coffee
Roasting Degree: City
【Impression】
Balmy sweet aroma of ripen chestnuts combined with a hint of lime, very light to medium body. Sweetness as roasted almonds and cashews, lemony acidity slightly touches, earthy strong flavor in core flavor, mixed spice like refreshing with subtle bitterness after taste. Well-balanced and mild flavor.
【Note】
Although the Kenyan coffees used to have a settled and earthy flavor with defined bitterness, characteristics have been sifting to milder and sweeter flavor range even with consideration of roasting degrees and techniques. The Kenyan beans seems to be taking efforts to "compromise" with the majority with minimizing their original uniqueness...
Beans: Special Blend ～ Winter
Roaster: Akaimi Coffee
Blend/Roast: After Blend
【Impression】
Mid to dark, soothing aroma of cocoa, citric, jasmine note on top, mellow, light and smooth in texture, dark chocolate like bitterness, apricot, dates, dejo pear, fruity, cashews, nutty sweetness, hint of lime, a long lasting aftertaste of soothing bitterness with sweetness.
Enjoyable and warming sweetness/bitterness of flavor with citric acidity as refresher.
【Note】
This years winter flavor has definite sweetness mixed with bitterness. The balance of blending varies ever year since flavor of beans changes. "Blend" means often "stable flavor" but Akaimi's seasonal special blend means seasonal", presents the best flavor of the season harmonized beans of the house.
